Which Upper Iowa University bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Environmental Science and Conservation graduates leave with a median of $22,251 in federal loans, the lowest among 18 Upper Iowa University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Upper Iowa University cost?

Tuition and fees are $19,475 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $20,942 a year.

How many Upper Iowa University programs report graduate pay?

18 bachelor's programs and one associate's program at Upper Iowa University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Upper Iowa University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Fayette, IA
1,994 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

18 Upper Iowa University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($70,224), and Design and Applied Arts the least ($31,122). The median program pays $46,582. Upper Iowa University also has one associate's program that reports pay.

Tuition and fees$19,475Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$20,942Per year

Graduation rate34%Within 6 years

Admission rate96%Of applicants

All 18 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Iowa" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Iowa. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Iowa
1	NursingAbout 55 graduates a year	$70,224	$78,287	$35,004	5th of 16
2	Public AdministrationAbout 17 graduates a year	$61,104	$75,905	$31,000	1st of 2
3	Social SciencesAbout 18 graduates a year	$56,221	$43,032	$25,805	1st of 1
4	Business AdministrationAbout 142 graduates a year	$55,854	$66,929	$34,453	5th of 20
5	AccountingAbout 35 graduates a year	$54,152	$58,713	$37,608	14th of 17
6	MarketingAbout 9 graduates a year	$52,313	$59,781	$31,000	2nd of 12
7	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 12 graduates a year	$49,916	$56,757	$46,649	1st of 2
8	Human ResourcesAbout 30 graduates a year	$49,106	$57,928	$41,006	4th of 6
9	FinanceAbout 13 graduates a year	$48,860	$61,823	$26,000	11th of 11
10	Special EducationAbout 18 graduates a year	$44,304	Not reported	$35,455	1st of 1
11	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 39 graduates a year	$43,739	$48,825	$27,000	7th of 8
12	BiologyAbout 12 graduates a year	$43,311	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 17
13	CriminologyAbout 44 graduates a year	$43,170	$46,898	$43,447	2nd of 3
14	PsychologyAbout 88 graduates a year	$42,183	$50,014	$41,478	1st of 15
15	Teacher EducationAbout 74 graduates a year	$41,802	$46,694	$37,646	15th of 22
16	Human ServicesAbout 44 graduates a year	$39,389	$44,527	$45,388	3rd of 3
17	Environmental Science and ConservationAbout 7 graduates a year	$34,347	$52,875	$22,251	3rd of 4
18	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 23 graduates a year	$31,122	Not reported	$39,780	3rd of 4

Program names link to the program's own page, and Iowa ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Iowa programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

One more bachelor's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

One associate's program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Iowa" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Iowa.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Iowa
Business AdministrationAbout 21 graduates a year	$46,039	Not reported	$36,875	1st of 3

2 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$70,224
Public Administration$61,104
Social Sciences$56,221
Business Administration$55,854
Accounting$54,152

Lowest median debt

Environmental Science and Conservation$22,251
Social Sciences$25,805
Finance$26,000
Subject-Area Teacher Education$27,000
Biology$27,000

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 142 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 88 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 74 graduates a year
NursingAbout 55 graduates a year
CriminologyAbout 44 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $70,224 in their first year, the most of 18 Upper Iowa University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Iowa rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels